US5931116A - Teat cup assembly for application with a milking machine - Google Patents

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US5931116A
US5931116A US08/844,886 US84488697A US5931116A US 5931116 A US5931116 A US 5931116A US 84488697 A US84488697 A US 84488697A US 5931116 A US5931116 A US 5931116A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01J—MANUFACTURE OF DAIRY PRODUCTS
    • A01J5/00—Milking machines or devices
    • A01J5/04—Milking machines or devices with pneumatic manipulation of teats
    • A01J5/08—Teat-cups with two chambers

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  • the invention relates to a teat cup assembly for application with a milking machine, said assembly comprising: a teat receiving head, a teat lining of flexible material connected with it, a limiter mounted over a part of the length of the teat lining, and an outer sleeve mounted at distance around said teat lining and being connected to the teat receiving head and at a distance to the teat lining, said outer sleeve being provided with a connection for generating a vacuum in the space between said teat lining and the outer sleeve.
  • Such a teat cup assembly is known from U.S. Pat. No. 4,269,143.
  • the limiter mounted on the teat lining is a sleeve slid onto the lining, said sleeve being made of an elastic material, just like the lining itself.
  • the sleeve will not prevent the diameter of the teat lining from being larger during the section stroke than during the rest stroke.
  • the lining is provided with a protruding edge so that the limiter will not be able to slide away across the lining, to wit in the direction away from the receiving head. This will result in the fact, that a teat in the teat lining will be additionally loaded by creep of the teat lining. As a consequence, oedema could arise at the teat-udder junction.
  • the teat will get farther into the lining and will thus become additionally loaded during the rest stroke, since the circumference of the teat is larger than the inner circumference of the teat lining.
  • U.S. Pat. No. 5,482,004 can be referred to, which shows a teat lining being provided with a reinforcement in the form of a rib extending helically around it, or ribs extending all round and spaced apart at some distance.
  • a reinforcement in the form of a rib extending helically around it, or ribs extending all round and spaced apart at some distance.
  • U.S. Pat. No. 2,164,706 discloses a teat cup assembly with a reinforcement in the form of a cotton cord which is mounted on the teat lining. Said cord is embedded in the material of the teat lining and is helically wound. The cord starts at some distance from the receiving head and is not suitable for preventing movement of the teat lining in longitudinal direction. Further, with this known assembly, the teat lining across the lower part thereof is completely in abutment with the outer sleeve and will not be slightly depressed on removing the underpressure in the space between it and the outer sleeve. As a result, its action will be completely different than that of the teat cup assembly according to the present invention.
  • the limiter extends up to the receiving head and is fixedly connected to it and is designed as a flexible, yet not or hardly extendible net or gauze, as a result of which enlargement of the teat lining diameter is prevented.
  • the teat lining diameter will not be able to increase when a vacuum is generated within the teat lining and in the space between the teat lining and the outer sleeve.
  • the teat lining will only get flattened. It has been proven that this prevents milk from being forced back into the udder during the transition from suction stroke to rest stroke.
  • the net or the gauze will be made of plastic.
  • the teat cup assembly shown comprises a receiving head 1 to which an outer sleeve 2 and a teat lining 3 have been connected.
  • Said teat lining 3 mounts the gauze 4 which has its upper end connected to a ring 5 in such a way that the gauze 4 is on the outer wall 6 of the teat lining 3.
  • the ring 5 is connected to the receiving head 1.
  • the outer sleeve 2 is provided with the connection 7 for generating a vacuum in the space 8 between the outer sleeve 2 and the teat lining 3.
  • the internal space 9 of the teat lining 3 communicates with a drain 10 for the milk tapped from the teat.

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NL1003036A NL1003036C2 (nl) 1996-05-06 1996-05-06 Tepelopneemorgaan en werkwijze voor het gebruik daarvan.
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USD489866S1 (en) 2002-04-12 2004-05-18 Stan A. Brown Teat cup replaceable liner
US20070039551A1 (en) * 2005-08-16 2007-02-22 Devries Oren H Device for inserting and removing milking machine liners
US20070137581A1 (en) * 2003-10-30 2007-06-21 Nihon University Teat cup for laboratory animals

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US125692A (en) * 1872-04-16 Improvement in safety-plugs for steam-boilers
US1888226A (en) * 1929-06-07 1932-11-22 Bessie S Hogeland Teat cup
US2164706A (en) * 1938-02-01 1939-07-04 Gates Rubber Co Teat-cup lining
AU10461A (en) * 1960-02-10 1963-01-10 Canadian Refractories Limited Production of dead burned product of high density
US4269143A (en) * 1977-09-16 1981-05-26 Dec International, Inc. Teat cup assembly
US5482004A (en) * 1994-05-16 1996-01-09 Alfa Laval Agri, Inc. Collapsible teat liner with reinforced barrel

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US125692A (en) * 1872-04-16 Improvement in safety-plugs for steam-boilers
US1888226A (en) * 1929-06-07 1932-11-22 Bessie S Hogeland Teat cup
US2164706A (en) * 1938-02-01 1939-07-04 Gates Rubber Co Teat-cup lining
AU10461A (en) * 1960-02-10 1963-01-10 Canadian Refractories Limited Production of dead burned product of high density
US4269143A (en) * 1977-09-16 1981-05-26 Dec International, Inc. Teat cup assembly
US5482004A (en) * 1994-05-16 1996-01-09 Alfa Laval Agri, Inc. Collapsible teat liner with reinforced barrel

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USD489866S1 (en) 2002-04-12 2004-05-18 Stan A. Brown Teat cup replaceable liner
US20070137581A1 (en) * 2003-10-30 2007-06-21 Nihon University Teat cup for laboratory animals
US20070039551A1 (en) * 2005-08-16 2007-02-22 Devries Oren H Device for inserting and removing milking machine liners
US7395781B2 (en) 2005-08-16 2008-07-08 Devries Oren H Device for inserting and removing milking machine liners

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AU1906497A (en) 1997-11-13
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